The launch of Rs 100 coin comes weeks after the government introduced Rs 200 denomination note for the first time.

Admitting that there was a shortage of skilled human resources in the health sector at all levels, the health minister said the Centre has planned for a rapid expansion of medical education.

In the blog, Modi decodes how Vajpayee rescued the economy in the mid 1990s and how he was ahead of his times. PM Modi also talks about Vajpayee's four decades of illustrious leadership and the high standards of debate in Parliament.

Vajpayee's last rites will be performed at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal at 4 pm. The Delhi Traffic police has advised people to avoid the following roads from 8 am today.

Late Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee had an unsaid connection with the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. There was a time when he went looking for Pandit Nehru's portrait that went missing from the parliament's South Block.

As former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away at AIIMS hospital, BusinessToday.In hits the rewind button to shed light on the illustrious political life of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The former PM was born on December 25, 1924 in Gwalior. He joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1939 and formed the BJP along with LK Advani and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in 1980.

The 93-year old political icon was suffering from kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection and even respiratory problems.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the former prime minister who was undergoing treatment at the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, breathed his last at 5:05 pm today.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away today at the age of 93. Leaders cutting across the political spectrum mourned the loss of India's former prime minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi to enquire about the health of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Former Prime Minister Vajpayee was brought to AIIMS for a routine monthly check up. However, the team of doctors under the supervision of AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria decided to keep him in the ICU and put him on a dialysis.

Here is a quick look at Narendra Modi's cabinet.

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